Tunbridge Wells No. 3

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 12143TUN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1914?
Font Century and Period/Style: 20th century?, Modern
Cognate Fonts: copy/replica of the font by Thorvaldsen in the Cathedral of Copenhagen
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. James, Tunbridge Wells
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James
Church Address: Church House, 1 Ferndale, Tunbridge Wells TN2 3RL, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1892 521703
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Tunbridge Wells is located off the A27, 25-40 km SE of London; This church is located on St. James' Rd, off Ferndale
Font Notes:
Noted in Newman (1980): "Font. Given in 1914. Near-life marble angel holding a shell, a copy of Thorwaldsen's famous font, of 1823." [cf. Index entry for Copenhagen No. 5]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Newman, John, West Kent and the Weald, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980, p. 578-579